English Explanatory Dictionary

overpromote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To promote excessively.

Word forms

overpromote overpromotes overpromoting overpromoted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote English overpromote From over- + promote.

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